Edvin Loach, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Edvin Loach, a parish in Herefordshire, 3 miles N of Bromyard. Post town, Bromyard, under Worcester. Acreage, 533; population, 48. There are remains of an ancient camp. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Tedstone-Wafer, in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £132. The old church, now disused, is a very interesting Norman edifice with remains of Saxon work. The new church was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Worcestershire | |
Hundred | Doddingtree | |
Poor Law union | Bromyard |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Edvin Loach from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Edvin-Loach)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Edvin Loach are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online: